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Robert
I'm familar with eBay so that shouldn't be a problem and will check
there when the time comes to buy and will look around in the meantime.
Again, thank you for all the help.
Robert
I'm familar with eBay so that shouldn't be a problem and will check
there when the time comes to buy and will look around in the meantime.
Again, thank you for all the help.
Robert
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Robert
I had a thought and was going to buy the RAm you found on Amazon but
now it shows only the used one for sale. Do you think it's a good
idea to buy used RAM?
Robert
now it shows only the used one for sale. Do you think it's a good
idea to buy used RAM?
Robert
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Robert
Just to let you know, I clicked on the non-ECC link above and started
to do their test of my system to see which RAM I did indeed need and
my Comodo fired up with a Malware alert!
I also registered with the Dell Community and so far they came back
with the same thing you intially did Crucial at $265.00 a stick!@! Oh
man, I hope I can fins some allot cheaper than that! I've done
everything you and Gerry suggested but I would still like to upgrade
before I can't. One this is for sure, if and when I do get another
computer I'm going to make sure it has plenty of RAM!@! I thought by
upgrading my hard drive I was making my computer run faster. Just
shows you how little I know.
Robert
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Daave
Robert said:
I think it's fine as long as it's relatively inexpensive and from a
reputable dealer.
D
Daave
Robert said:
Comodo is a firewall. Does it detect malware, too? What was the message?
FWIW, I got a Security Alert from IE (I'm currently on my 98 SE rig w/
IE 6): "The security certificate was issued by a company you have chosen
not to trust." Upon viewing the certificate, I found it was issued to
www.sightmaxondemand.com by Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority. I
wonder if that was something SpywareBlaster did...
I would try an eBay seller who has a lot of transactions and a high
rating, preferably a Power Seller. Item number: 300188450775 is only
$46.99 plus $8.00 shipping (in U.S.) for 2 256MB sticks. And freshcells
is a Power Seller.
A bigger hard drive will give you more space for data, but that's it.
Speed is a result of the processor and not relying on the pagefile.
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Robert
Comodo is a firewall. Does it detect malware, too? What was the message?
FWIW, I got a Security Alert from IE (I'm currently on my 98 SE rig w/
IE 6): "The security certificate was issued by a company you have chosen
not to trust." Upon viewing the certificate, I found it was issued towww.sightmaxondemand.comby Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority. I
wonder if that was something SpywareBlaster did...
I would try an eBay seller who has a lot of transactions and a high
rating, preferably a Power Seller. Item number: 300188450775 is only
$46.99 plus $8.00 shipping (in U.S.) for 2 256MB sticks. And freshcells
is a Power Seller.
A bigger hard drive will give you more space for data, but that's it.
Speed is a result of the processor and not relying on the pagefile.
Comodo is a firewall, but whenever I add anything new like when I
started to download and run the test Comodo it gives a pop-up menu
requesting if I want to do this and in this case it seemed to know
that this was a possible malware as it came up all red which it's
never done before.
I've been talking to a guy on the Dell site and although he says when
you buy from Crucial you have peace of mind as they stand behind their
products, but for the kind of money they are asking they better!
He gave me this alternative link for RAM sticks:
http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=679
Have you ever heard of them? He says he's bought from them before and
there were no issues.
So will I be ok with 512 ? If so, and this is what I need I'm going to
order them as they are the cheapest I've seen.
Robert
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Gerry
Robert
Specifications are a matter of balance. Your installed memory does seem
out of kilter with the rest of the machine. The real problem comes when
the processor speed is the bottleneck because that means a new
motherboard and effectively a new computer. Whenever you buy a new
computer you need to ask about upgrade capability.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Specifications are a matter of balance. Your installed memory does seem
out of kilter with the rest of the machine. The real problem comes when
the processor speed is the bottleneck because that means a new
motherboard and effectively a new computer. Whenever you buy a new
computer you need to ask about upgrade capability.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Gerry
Robert
I appreciate cost is an issue but adding 2 x 128 mb will not represent
value for money. When you need to upgrade again it will be dead money.
You should try to afford 2 x 256 mb.
I cannot comment on the source as I know nothing about it.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I appreciate cost is an issue but adding 2 x 128 mb will not represent
value for money. When you need to upgrade again it will be dead money.
You should try to afford 2 x 256 mb.
I cannot comment on the source as I know nothing about it.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Daave
To Robert (additions to Gerry's post inline):
Agreed. See:
http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=401
2 x $38 = $76.
The extra $26 is buying you twice the memory.
It's the first I heard of them, too. Ask around. Search the Web for any
complaints.
Gerry said:
Agreed. See:
http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=401
2 x $38 = $76.
The extra $26 is buying you twice the memory.
It's the first I heard of them, too. Ask around. Search the Web for any
complaints.
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Robert
I will check and see what I can find but at this point it seems this
is my only option versus Crucial . If I do buy, I think I can afford
to buy 4x256 giving me 1024MB.
If so, then this should fix my problems, correct?
Robert
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Gerry
Robert
I think so but hedge your bet by buying 2 x 256 mb. If that works buy
another 2 x 256 mb.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I think so but hedge your bet by buying 2 x 256 mb. If that works buy
another 2 x 256 mb.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Robert
I did a little reserach on Starmicro and this is what I found:
http://www.pricewatch.com/public/feedback.aspx?q=3055&i=2
What do you think?
Robert
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Robert
It sounds like good advice instead of putting all my eggs into one
basket so to speck. Also it says "Kit means you have to buy 2Qty"
http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=401
since I'm don't see the word kit I'm assuming that for Qty I need to
buy (2), correct? Sorry for all the questions but this is new to me.
Robert
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Daave
Very possible, but not a slam dunk.
You probably got rid of all your malware, but it's possible you may
still have some undetected. Bottom line: Assuming you are truly
malware-free*, your biggest problem is probably not having enough
memory, so adding memory should improve your system's performance.
* If you suspect you may still have undetected malware, I will again
suggest you run HijackThis. Download it from:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php
and post the log to an appropriate forum, such as:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html
Here's a helpful tutorial:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html
In case you haven't tried Process Explorer, you should; it's good at
identifying resource/memory hogs:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
Finally, Clean Boot Troubleshooting is always a thorough diagnostic:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
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Robert
If so, then this should fix my problems, correct?
I actually don't think I have any malware though Trend Micro found the
Http Cookie, which I deleted and then re-ran at its suggestion and
came out clean and Kapersky found the Malware Exploit.JS.XMLcore.b,
which I deleted
I now have AVG, Spybot, A-Squared, Kapersky, Trend Micro and Comodo on
my system and would think I should be protected.
I thought I did the Hijack before and posted it in one of my replies?
However I ran it again and this time posted it to Bleeping Computer.
I saved the Bleeping Computer Tutorial the first time you gave it to
me.
I ran Process Explorer but really don't know what I'm looking for. In
any event here are some results:
CPU Usage 3.08% - 8.90% (keeps changing)
Commit Charge 18.16% 404.7MB
Processes 47 I.O.
36.1Kb
Commit Charge:
Current 414,400
Limit 2,286,352
Peak 439,484
I think I ran something similar before, Everest? By the way I noticed
I have Speed fan, is that just to monitor the internal feather fan and
do I need it? Or can I delete it?
Clean Boot seems a bit advanced as it talks about going into msconfig
and changing the registry, and I'm VERY leary of doing this one so I
backed out of it.
Seems very complicated and at the beginning it says you must know how
to recover from msconfig, oh great! Do I really need to do this?
At this point I've done everything you and Gerry have advised with
only a couple of exceptions such as Clean Boot. Unless you have
further recommendations or suggestions I'll call StarMicro to make
sure they have the RAM in stock and if so place an order for (2)
sticks of 256 RAM following Gerry's advise. If they work, then I will
place an order for two more.
Robert
I actually don't think I have any malware though Trend Micro found the
Http Cookie, which I deleted and then re-ran at its suggestion and
came out clean and Kapersky found the Malware Exploit.JS.XMLcore.b,
which I deleted
I now have AVG, Spybot, A-Squared, Kapersky, Trend Micro and Comodo on
my system and would think I should be protected.
I thought I did the Hijack before and posted it in one of my replies?
However I ran it again and this time posted it to Bleeping Computer.
I saved the Bleeping Computer Tutorial the first time you gave it to
me.
I ran Process Explorer but really don't know what I'm looking for. In
any event here are some results:
CPU Usage 3.08% - 8.90% (keeps changing)
Commit Charge 18.16% 404.7MB
Processes 47 I.O.
36.1Kb
Commit Charge:
Current 414,400
Limit 2,286,352
Peak 439,484
I think I ran something similar before, Everest? By the way I noticed
I have Speed fan, is that just to monitor the internal feather fan and
do I need it? Or can I delete it?
Clean Boot seems a bit advanced as it talks about going into msconfig
and changing the registry, and I'm VERY leary of doing this one so I
backed out of it.
Seems very complicated and at the beginning it says you must know how
to recover from msconfig, oh great! Do I really need to do this?
At this point I've done everything you and Gerry have advised with
only a couple of exceptions such as Clean Boot. Unless you have
further recommendations or suggestions I'll call StarMicro to make
sure they have the RAM in stock and if so place an order for (2)
sticks of 256 RAM following Gerry's advise. If they work, then I will
place an order for two more.
Robert
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Robert
and Avast!
Robert
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Robert
I did go into Autoruns versus msconfig and checked a number of
applications. I understand that Clean Boot is something different
altogether and goes through a step by step process but it seemed very
'iffy' to me and could cause more problems.
Robert
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Daave
Chances are you don't have malware. But since you *did* have malware at
one point (the XML exploit), I was concerned there might be other
undetected infections.
How are Kaspersky and Trend Micro configured? You should not have them
running at the same time! (That is, if they both are monitoring/scanning
your system at the same time, you will have problems.)
I haven't seen your log. What is your handle on Bleeping Computer?
If you have any resource/memory hogs, you will be able to quickly tell
what they are with Process Explorer. It's similar to Task Manager, but
it provides more information, including the full paths of your running
processes.
You saw these figures previously with Task Manager (Performance tab).
You don't need SpeedFan. You may as well uninstall it since Everest can
give you the same information.
If you image your hard drive and things go wrong, you can always put
that image back and you'll be fine.
Not necessarily. Chances are all you need to do is put in more memory.
But if you ever want to pinpoint any particular problems (such as a
particular problem spinning its wheels), clean boot troubleshooting is a
sure thing.
That's good advice. You already have 256 MB. Installing another 512 MB
will bring you up to 768 MB, which should be more than enough,
considering your Current and Peak Commit Charge figures.
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Robert
Hello Daave,
Chances are you don't have malware. But since you *did* have malware
at
one point (the XML exploit), I was concerned there might be other
undetected infections.
I understand
How are Kaspersky and Trend Micro configured? You should not have
them
running at the same time! (That is, if they both are monitoring/
scanning
your system at the same time, you will have problems.)
I never run any of my scans simultaneously but one at a time. I
realize I don't have Trend Micro, I just did their free online scan.
As far as my Kapersky settings, here they are(I think):
Run Mode - manually
FTP Passive mode - yes
Connection timeout - 60 seconds
User proxy server - Automatically detect the proxy server settings
(exclude local addresses)
Rescan Quarantine - yes
Region - Autodetection
Update Application rules - yes
I haven't seen your log. What is your handle on Bleeping Computer?
My handle is Navyguy, I apparently posted it in the wrong forum and
didn't do it right as it was moved by a moderator.
If you have any resource/memory hogs, you will be able to quickly
tell
what they are with Process Explorer. It's similar to Task Manager,
but
it provides more information, including the full paths of your
running
processes.
I suppose my biggest memory hog is my ImageX program(Dell Imagining)
which you and Gerry asked about but it's a program I use quite allot
and I like it very much. However I have been moving the bulk of my jpg
and other files to disk; while I understand this isn't going to make
my computer run faster it should help speed up my scans since those
files are no longer there.
You saw these figures previously with Task Manager (Performance tab).
You don't need SpeedFan. You may as well uninstall it since Everest
can
give you the same information.
I uninstalled Speed Fan
Clean Boot seems a bit advanced as it talks about going into
msconfig
and changing the registry, and I'm VERY leary of doing this one so I
backed out of it.
If you image your hard drive and things go wrong, you can always put
that image back and you'll be fine.
How do I image my hard drive?
Seems very complicated and at the beginning it says you must know how
to recover from msconfig, oh great! Do I really need to do this?
Not necessarily. Chances are all you need to do is put in more
memory.
But if you ever want to pinpoint any particular problems (such as a
particular problem spinning its wheels), clean boot troubleshooting is
a
sure thing.
I'll give it a try if you tell me how to image my hard drive. (It kind
of sounds like cloning my drive to a external backup) I do have System
Restore but I assume what your talking about is a true imagin of my
operating system.
I called StarMicro to make sure they had the parts in stock and also
because most of the positive reviews on Pricewatch called beforehand.
So I will be placing the order soon.
That's good advice. You already have 256 MB. Installing another 512
MB
will bring you up to 768 MB, which should be more than enough,
considering your Current and Peak Commit Charge figures.
Thanks again for all your great advice, I appreciate it.
Robert
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Robert
I forgot to add that I scanned my computer recently with Kapersky and
it came out clean. Planning to run Spybot, AVG and A-Squared later and
will report if they find anything.
Robert
it came out clean. Planning to run Spybot, AVG and A-Squared later and
will report if they find anything.
Robert